ML083590004

Radiation Protection Inspection - Hatch Nuclear Plant

ML083590004
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	12/23/2008
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 December 23, 2008 Mr. Dennis R. Madison Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT:

RADIATION PROTECTION INSPECTION - HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Madison:

On February 9 - 13 and February 23 - 27, 2009, the NRC will perform a baseline Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection at Hatch Nuclear Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71121.01, 71121.02, 71122.02, and Radiation Safety Sections of 71151). Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this activity. We request that the documents be copied to electronic media, to the extent practical, and mailed to the NRC Region II office on or before January 26, 2009.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Steve Tipps of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Adam Nielsen, at (404) 562-4660, or the Plant Support Branch 1 Chief, Brian Bonser, at (404) 562-4653.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-321/366 License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5 (cc: w/encl - See Page 2)

Enclosure:

Document Request List

XG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE

/RA/

/RA/

NAME Adam Nielsen Brian Bonser DATE 12/23/2008 12/23/2008 12/ /2008 12/ /2008 12/ /2008 12/ /2008 12/ /2008 E-MAIL COPY?

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

SNC 2

cc w/encl:

Angela Thornhill Managing Attorney and Compliance Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Jeffrey T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Raymond D. Baker Licensing Manager Licensing-Hatch Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution L. Mike Stinson Vice President Fleet Operations Support Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution David H. Jones Vice President Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Moanica Caston Vice President and General Counsel Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Steven B. Tipps Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. K. Rosanski Resident Manager Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Laurence Bergen Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Bob Masse Resident Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant U.S. NRC 11030 Hatch Parkway N Baxley, GA 30334 Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution Dr. Carol Couch Director Environmental Protection Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Cynthia Sanders Program Manager Radioactive Materials Program Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Jim Sommerville (Acting) Chief Environmental Protection Division Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman Appling County Commissioners County Courthouse 69 Tippins Street, Suite 201 Baxley, GA 31513

SNC Enclosure 3

Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Brian Bonser dated December 23, 2008

SUBJECT:

RADIATION PROTECTION INSPECTION - HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution w/encl:

RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC R. Martin, NRR (PM: HAT, SUM)

Document Request List Inspection Dates:

February 9 - 13 and February 23 - 27, 2009 Inspection Procedures:

IP 71121.01 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 71121.02 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 71122.02 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Note: This is a list of the documents to be delivered to the NRC Region II Office (Attention:

Adam Nielsen, 61 Forsyth St SW, Suite 23T85, Atlanta, GA 30303-3415). The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic media is preferred, if readily available (The preferred file format is Word, WordPerfect, or searchable.pdf files on CDROM or thumb drive). Please organize the information as it is arranged below (e.g. a folder labeled Miscellaneous containing items 1-4, a folder labeled Access Controls containing items 5-11, etc). If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Miscellaneous

1. Current organization chart for HP/Chemistry/Radwaste/Shipping with contact numbers.

2. Corrective action program procedure.

3. Outage schedule of major activities (Gantt chart if available).

4. HP Manual or equivalent high-level HP document.

Access Controls

5. Plant maps (survey maps are acceptable) of all Locked HRAs and VHRAs.

6. Procedures related to HP/access controls, e.g.

(Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, dosimetry, multi-dosimetry, key control, control of divers, controls during fuel offload, etc.)

7. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool.

8. Internal dose assessments for intakes where dose was assigned since November 2008.

9. Documentation associated with any skin contaminations where SDE was assigned, since November 2008.

10. Most recent self-assessment or audit of access control program.

11. LIST of CRs related to access controls (including poor radworker or HP tech performance) issued since November 2008. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

ALARA

12. All procedures related to HP/ALARA not listed above (e.g. declared pregnant worker, temporary shielding, etc.).

13. All procedures related to shutdown chemistry.

14. ALARA manual (or equivalent high-level procedure).

15. List of top 5 dose jobs for refueling outage and ALARA planning packages.

16. ALARA trending point data from previous outages (same unit) and shutdown chemistry trending data.

17. Source term reduction program guidance.

18. LIST of CRs related to ALARA since July 2006. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

19. Most recent self-assessment or audit of ALARA program.

Shipping & Radwaste

20. All procedures related to transportation of radioactive material/waste, radwaste characterization, and solid radwaste processing.

21. Process Control Program.

22. Liquid and solid radwaste system diagrams and detailed system descriptions (e.g.

information that might be contained in curricula for training new system engineers)

23. List of all shipments made since July 2006 (shipping logs).

24. List of all changes made to solid and liquid radwaste processing systems since July 2006.

25. List of all permanently abandoned solid and liquid radwaste processing equipment.

26. Last two 10 CFR Part 61 analyses for each waste stream, including RADMAN QA data (e.g.

in-house vs. vendor lab comparisons, current results vs. database, etc.). This information can be reviewed onsite rather than included with the submittal if it represents a substantial amount of information.

27. List of CRs related to shipping or radwaste processing since July 2006. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

28. Most recent self-assessment or audit of Shipping/radwaste processing program.

29. Training records for all individuals qualified to ship radioactive material/waste demonstrating the requirements of 49 CFR 172 Subpart H (HAZMAT training) have been met. This information can be reviewed onsite rather than included with the submittal because it may contain Personally Identifiable Information.

PI Verification (occupational and public cornerstones)

30. Procedure for gathering and reporting PI data.

31. List of all CRs related to effluent dose/ODCM issues since November 2008. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs. Note: the occupational cornerstone should be encompassed by the CR lists for Access Controls and ALARA, so no need to reproduce those searches.

32. Monthly PI reports (both Chemistry and HP) since November 2008.

33. List of all dose rate alarms >1R/hr since November 2008.

34. List of all dose alarms since November 2008.

35. All release point effluent monitor out-of-service dates since November 2008.

36. Most recent gaseous and liquid effluent release permits.

37. 2008 Annual Effluent Report. Or end-of-year dose summary for 2008 if official effluent report is not yet available.

Lead Inspector Contact Information:

Adam Nielsen, CHP (404) 562-4660 adn@nrc.gov